Presidential directives are a form of executive order issued by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the National Security Council. Because of the nature of presidential directives as pertaining to the national security of the United States, many presidential directives are promulgated as classified. Various presidents since the administration of John F. Kennedy have issued such directives but under different names. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Categories: Stub ... The presidential seal was used by Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... The presidential seal is a well-known symbol of the presidency. ... The White House National Security Council (NSC) in the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials and is part of the Executive Office of the President. ... Security measures taken to protect the Houses of Parliament in London, England. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, Kennedy, John Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, or JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States. ...

• Kennedy called his presidential directives National Security Action Memoranda or NSAMs. Lyndon Johnson kept the name during his tenure in the White House.
• Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford called their presidential directives National Security Decision Memoranda or NSDMs.
• Jimmy Carter simply called his orders Presidential Directives or PDs.
• Ronald Reagan used the title National Security Decision Directives or NSDDs.
• George H. W. Bush called them National Security Directives or NSDs.
• Bill Clinton called them Presidential Decision Directives or PDDs.
• George W. Bush issues National Security Presidential Directives or NSPDs. After September 11, 2001, he issued Homeland Security Presidential Directives or HSPDs, with the consent of the Homeland Security Council. The first such directive created the Homeland Security Council while the second changed immigration policies to combat terrorism.

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External links

• http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/NSAMs.htm - National Security Action Memorandums | Document & Images From The Presidential Papers of John Fitzgerald Kennedy | National Security Files
• http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/NSAMs/nsamhom.asp - Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
• http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nsam-jfk/NSAM_LIST.pdf - JFK | NSAMs list | PDF
• http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/direct.htm - Federation of American Scientists Collection of Presidential Directives
• http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/docs/CRS-98-611.pdf - Presidential Directives: Background and Overview | PDF

See also

• Continuity of Operations Plan
• National Security Directive